News by Syahirah Syed Jaafar

MACC investigating officer (IO) Senior Assistant Commissioner Rosli Hussain was shown an article from The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and he said it was not the WSJ report that resulted in the investigations.

Justice Nazlan said this after agreeing with both the defence and the prosecution to submit on the issue, where Najib, on FB, defended his RM3.3 million credit card bill at a Swiss jeweller.

Two of the transactions included the descriptions for 'loan' purposes, Wedani said. 

Yeoh confirmed these transactions made with the former premier's Visa and Mastercard platinum credit cards that were linked to his AmBank account ending 880.

The BlackBerry phone had been seized from AmBank relationship manager Joanna Yu during a raid at the AmBank Group building here on July 6, 2015.

Defence lead counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah said had SRC's purpose been achieved, it would have been another Petronas, which would propel the economy of the country. "Yes," the witness agreed.

Datuk Maliami Hamad, who was the ministry’s secretary (management, loan, capital market and actuarial) before he retired, said he was instructed by his superior, MoF’s secretary-general Tan Sri Wan Abdul Aziz Wan Abdullah, to process the former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) subsidiary’s government guarantee application, after receiving instruction from “top people” during cross-examination by lead defence counsel Tan Sri Shafee Abdullah.

Tobacco firms have been in a limbo since the SST came into play

Mohamed Azmin said his recent visit to Singapore is a private visit and was not arranged to meet with the Singapore Trade and Industry Minister.

Sime Darby announced on Feb 27 it would be spinning off its plantation and property businesses, by listing the two units separately as Sime Darby Plantation Bhd and Sime Darby Property Bhd on Bursa Malaysia, via share distribution to existing shareholders.